Developmental regulation of the expression of sodium currents in Xenopus primary neurons

Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-491

  Olguín, Patricio ^a,b   Armisen, Ricardo ^a,c   Kukuljan, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Neurociencias Integradas   (Chile)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitability; Neuronal differentiation; REST NRSF; Single cell RT PCR transcription

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILENCER ELEMENT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 33751080714     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602006000300010     Document Type: Article

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